Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP) authorities have closed Jalalabad officer-in-charge and two sub inspectors for negligence in their duties in Rajon murder incident.
The closed police official is Alamgir Hossain, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Jalalabad police station while the suspended sub-inspectors are Aminul and Jakir Hossain.
Rahmatullah, assistant deputy commissioner (media) of SMP, made the disclosure in a press briefing around 6pm on Friday.
Rajon, the ill-fated teenager was tortured to death by a group of persons at Kumargaon on the outskirts of Sylhet city around 7:30am on July 8.
A 28-minute video, recorded on a mobile phone camera, shows the victim tied to a pole in front of a workshop in the still-closed Sultan Ali Market, beside the Dhaka-Sunamganj road.
From the video, it seemed there were five to six men who took part in the barbaric torture.
A murder case was filed in this connection by Jalalabad police, in which Rajon’s father later became a plaintiff.
The three-member probe body, which was formed to investigate the brutal killing of 13-year-old boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, has submitted a 424-page report on Thursday.
Earlier on July 14, the committee was formed following an allegation made by Rajon’s father, also the plaintiff of the case that two officials of Jalalabad police station took bribes to help one of the suspects – Kamrul Islam – to flee to Saudi Arabia.
The committee was asked to submit the report within July 17. However, later, it got five more days to place the report.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
